2 Chronicles 17:1

1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

2 Chronicles 17:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 17:1

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead
In the stead of Asa his father:

and strengthened himself against Israel;
the ten tribes, by fortifying his cities, building castles, raising and keeping a large standing army, as the latter part of this chapter shows, and the next verse.

2 Chronicles 17:1 In-Context

1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

2 And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had taken.

3 And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;

4 but he sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.

5 And Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave gifts to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honour in abundance.